0648-BM56 202410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 0600 Department of Commerce DOC Framework Action under the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf): Update to Red Snapper Calibrations and Gray Snapper Catch Limits

The framework action and final rule modify the calibration ratios used to compare the recreational red snapper landings estimates derived from the state surveys used by Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi to the estimates derived from the Federal Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) Coastal Household Telephone Survey (CHTS), which were used in the most recent red snapper stock assessment. These calibration ratios are used to convert the Federal red snapper private angling catch limit for each of the states into state specific catch limits that are directly comparable to the estimates produced by each state’s survey. Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi requested that the Council and NMFS consider updating their calibration ratios based on more recent data.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions No No 50 CFR 622 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. No NPRM 01/17/2024 89 FR 2913 NPRM Comment Period End 02/16/2024 Final Action 05/14/2024 89 FR 41896 Final Action Effective 06/13/2024 No Businesses State No No No No Andrew Strelcheck J. Regional Administrator, Southeast Region 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 727 824-5305 andy.strelcheck@noaa.gov 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg FL 33701